I've been over to Canberra 2 or 3 times in the past 6 months - things for uni with my son - and I have no idea about these roundabouts. I follow the signs to the "City" (from Queanbeyan direction along Canberra Avenue). I am utterly bamboozled about where I went and it's been pure luck that I happened to get across the lake. It doesn't seem that I drove about a 2/3 of a circle on "State Circle" and then onto Commonwealth Avenue which takes me north across Lake Burley Griffin.

Would I go that route? I've enlarged maps but it isn't clear to me if there is traffic both ways on both "State Circle" and "Capital Circle". Seems I might not be able to turn left off "State Circle" to get onto Commonwealth Ave anyway?aaaarrghh. Even getting directions from 'where is' seems different to where I drove.

I don't know Helix, we found Canberra's roundabouts really idiosyncratic.That was years ago, and thing smihgt have changed; it would be nothing remarkable for me to not "get" the system, but Trevor was as flummoxed as I.

It's a bit like those right-hand-turns in Melbourne; once you get the hang of it, it's simple, but oh boy!

(I must confess my memories of it probably would have been a bit like spirograph patterns :))

An alternative route from Queanbeyan to ANU might be to go the long way around via the airport or the Monaro Hwy so avoiding the circuits altogether.

I'd suggest the best way of looking at Google Maps to see what's happening with traffic direction is to use Google Street view. I've found it invaluable for that sort of thing. Even just dragging the little yellow person over the map will often highlight the number of lanes.

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